TUESDAY 6TH MAY 2025 Our Amtrak train attendant woke us about half an hour before our San Antonio arrival. Bill and I had slept together on the bottom bunk of our bedroom compartment. Although snug, it's roomy enough for two, but, as usual when having an early call on your mind, it had been hard … Continue reading A Day in San Antonio: Riverwalk Adventures
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Insights from a Day in San Francisco: Marriage Licenses, Public Transport, and Local Culture
FRIDAY 25TH APRIL 2025 With a marriage scheduled to take place in about thirty hours, the first order of this day was to get a Marriage License. This saw us accompanying the bride- and groom-to-be to a County Clerk's office. We drove to Contra Costa County in Martinez, California. I have no idea why. It … Continue reading Insights from a Day in San Francisco: Marriage Licenses, Public Transport, and Local Culture
USA Here We Come
Despite applying my mind to planning a USA trip months ago (see Touring in the Good ‘ol US of A.) in the end it all turned into a last-minute rush of bookings before Christmas. It seems people are travelling again all over the place. For example, we got the last two seats on our outbound flight, … Continue reading USA Here We Come
The Reluctant Retiree 